How to Separate Images from Text in WordPress

Wondering how to separate images from text in WordPress? This snippet pulls out all your images in your post and puts it in a separate div.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s single.php file:

<div class="content-text">
  <h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
  <?php
  ob_start();
  the_content('Read the full post',true);
  $postOutput = preg_replace('/<img[^>]+./','', ob_get_contents());
  ob_end_clean();
  echo $postOutput;
  ?>
</div>
<div class="content-img">
  <?php
  preg_match_all("/(<img [^>]*>)/",get_the_content(),$matches,PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);
  for( $i=0; isset($matches[1]) && $i < count($matches[1]); $i++ ) {
    echo $beforeEachImage . $matches[1][$i] . $afterEachImage;}?>
</div>

Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly copy / paste code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.

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